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Type 3 12 cm AA gun information


Type 3 12 centimeter anti-aircraft gun
A Japanese Type 3 anti-aircraft gun
TypeAnti-aircraft gun
Place of originType 3 12 cm AA gun Empire of Japan
Service history
In service1943-1945
Used by Imperial Japanese Army
WarsWorld War II
Production history
No. built120
Specifications
Mass19.8 tons
Barrel length6.71 m (20 ft) L/56

Shell120 x 851mm .R
Caliber120 millimetres (4.7 in)
Barrelssingle
Elevation8 to +90 degrees
Traverse360 degrees
Rate of fire20 rpm
Muzzle velocity853 m/s (2,800 ft/s)
Effective firing range8.5 km against a target at 12,000 m.
Effective ceiling: 12,000 m (39,000 ft)
Maximum firing range11.4 km against a target at 6,000 m.
Maximum ceiling: 20,000 m (66,000 ft)

The Type 3 12 cm AA gun (三式十二糎高射砲, San-shiki jyūni-senchi Kōshahō) was an anti-aircraft gun used in quantity by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.The Type 3 number was designated for the year the gun was accepted, 2603 in the Japanese imperial year calendar, or 1943 in the Gregorian calendar.[1] It replaced the earlier Type 88 75 mm AA Gun in Japanese service.[2]

  1. ^ War Department TM-E-30-480 Handbook on Japanese Military Forces September 1944, p. 400
  2. ^ Mayer, the Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan. p. 64

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